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Hollywood Actresses

Sylvia Syms looks back on the legendary leading ladies of Hollywood - the glamorous and often powerful stars who helped define what it was to be a woman in cinema's golden age.

Sylvia Syms looks back on the legendary leading ladies of Hollywood - the glamorous and often powerful stars who helped define what it was to be a woman in cinema's golden age. Featuring Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Lauren Bacall, Natalie Wood, Debbie Reynolds and Doris Day, the programme uses rarely seen archive and interviews to examine the relationships these great stars had with audiences, studio bosses - and sometimes with each other.

45 minutes

Last on

Thu 26 Sep 202423:45
BBC Four

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:29

    Henry Mancini

    Banzai Pipeline

  • 00:47

    Doris Day With Percy Faith & His Orchestra, Percy Faith, Doris Day, Percy Faith & His Orchestra

    Shaking The Blues Away

Credits

NarratorSylvia Syms
Series ProducerSimon Goretzki

Broadcasts

  • Sat 24 Oct 201513:00
    BBC Two except Wales
  • Sat 13 May 201708:25
    BBC Two
  • Sat 24 Nov 201812:30
    BBC Two Northern Ireland & Northern Ireland HD only
  • Sat 24 Nov 201813:00
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland
  • Sat 21 Sep 201913:45
    BBC Two except Scotland
  • Mon 3 Feb 202014:15
    BBC Two except Northern Ireland & Scotland & BBC Scotland
  • Fri 8 Apr 202200:20
    BBC Four
  • Thu 26 Sep 202423:45
    BBC Four